milk chocolate

noun

: chocolate made with milk solids compare dark chocolate, white chocolate

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With the Chocolate Original Glazed, the whole donut is drenched in a milk chocolate coating. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2025 The finish is long, slightly sweet and spicy, with lingering notes of milk chocolate, espresso, dill, black pepper, and cinnamon, and hints of cold smoke and char. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Those are present, along with a dollop of oak, some cinnamon spice, a bit of dark and milk chocolate, and a dash of dusty leather undercut by some berry sweetness. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 3 Sep. 2025 That success has seen him, along with Kailey, his wife of 12 years and mother of their two children, engaged in a national campaign for Hershey's, making s'mores in the backyard of their suburban Nashville home with the brand's milk chocolate and caramel candy bars. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for milk chocolate

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of milk chocolate was in 1900

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“Milk chocolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/milk%20chocolate. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

milk chocolate

noun
: chocolate containing ground cacao beans, cocoa butter, and milk from which no solids (as of sugar or fat) have been removed

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